Disgrace In Illinois
RT @twilight2000: Why would anyone work for any state gov't if they can steal the pension you worked for for 30 years? #PensionTheft— RayBeckerman (@RayBeckerman) December 3, 2013And Let the lawyering begin. Illinois #PensionTheft is against our state constitution @GovernorQuinn.— Michelle Gunderson (@MSGunderson) December 3, 2013The corporatists will stop at nothing to feudalize every part of hum
De Blasio And His Team Push Pre-K Program
From Politicker:Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio rolled out an “all-star” brain trust today that will work to implement his ambitious universal pre-kindergarten agenda....This was not the first time Mr. de Blasio held a press event at a childcare center to promote the centerpiece of his policy platform: a tax hike on the city’s wealthiest residents to pay for universal pre-K. While his last Manhattan st
What Does Andrew Cuomo Want To Do With His Education Reform Agenda?
From the Hudson Valley United site:In a meeting with parents, educators, and union leaders, Regent Harry Phillips resounded the cries of public school teachers and parents from across New York. “We botched this,” Regent Phillips said, describing the Danielson rubric as “impossible,” the current testing of special education and ESL students as “cruel” and SLO’s as “stupid.”But mostly, Regent Phill
Children Better Protected By Criminal Justice System Than By NY State Education Department
Devastating indictment of NYSED and the Board of Regents at a meeting about inBloom, the data collection project the state insists is happening whether the public wants it or not:WHITE PLAINS — Local school officials are adamant that they do not want student records being shipped to the inBloom data cloud, setting up a tense showdown with the state Education Department that will play out over the
Shouldn't Tisch, King And Steiner Be Under Investigation For Corruption?
There is a shadow government running the state education department here in NY State. We know that Regents Chancellor Tisch paid out of her own pocket for these private employees to run NYSED offices.Millions more came from the Gates Foundation, the Robin Hood Foundation, General Electric and a bunch of other corporate entities - $19 million in total from more than two dozen private employees.Thes
12-2-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: NY Times: Teacher MUST Make Concessions on Seniority, ATR'S, Pay And SchedulingUsual neo-liberal claptrap in the NY Times on the teachers contract.The Timesmen want teachers to agree to get rid of salary steps and tie teacher pay to the new APPR teacher evaluation system ("highly effective" teachers would be paid more than other teachers - so what if the system is